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Les grands vents venus d'outre-mer Passent par la Ville, l'hiver, Comme des étrangers amers. Ils se concertent, graves et pâles Sur les places, et leurs sandales Ensablent le marbre des dalles. Comme de crosses à leurs mains fortes, Ils heurtent l'auvent et la porte Derrière qui l'horloge est morte ; Et les adolescents amers S'en vont avec eux vers la Mer!
Confirmed with Henri de Régnier, Tel qu’en songe, Librairie de l’Art Indépendant, Paris, 1892. Note: Ravel's title leaves out the hyphen in the last word.
Text Authorship:
- by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936), "Les grands vents venus d'outre-mer", written 1892, appears in Tel qu'en songe, in 4. Quelqu'un songe de soir et d'espoir, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Librairie de l'Art Indépendant, first published 1892 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Robert Francès (1919 - 2012), "Les grands vents venus d'outre-mer", published 2002 [ high voice and piano ], from Paysages musicaux, no. 1, Paris, Éditions Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques Guillaume de Sauville de la Presle (1888 - 1969), "Les grands vents venus d'outremer", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "Les grands vents venus d'outremer", M. 48 (1906), published 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The great gusts coming from overseas", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , "Die großen Winde, aus Übersee gekommen", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SAN Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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महावायवः समुद्रपारादागम्य नगरे वान्ति हेमन्ते कटुवैदेशिकनिभाः॥ कष्टाः पाण्डवो मन्त्रयन्ते चत्वरेषु तेषामुपानहश्च तलशिलापट्टान्वालुकाभिः किरन्ति॥ दण्डैरिव तेषाम्बलिषु हस्तेषु निघ्नन्त्युल्लोचन्द्वारञ्च। तस्याः पश्चार्धे घटी मृता॥ अथ कटुदिक्करास् तैः सह समुद्रम्प्रति नश्यन्ति॥
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Transliteration:mahāvāyavaḥ samudrapārād āgamya nagare vānti hemante kaṭuvaideśikanibhāḥ || kaṣṭāḥ pāṇḍavo mantrayante catvareṣu teṣām upānahaśca talaśilāpaṭṭān vālukābhiḥ kiranti || daṇḍair iva teṣāṁ baliṣu hasteṣu nighnanty ullocaṁ dvāraṁ ca | tasyāḥ paścārdhe ghaṭī mr̥tā || atha kaṭudikkarās taiḥ saha samudraṁ prati naśyanti ||
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- Translation from French (Français) to Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) copyright © 2021 by Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936), "Les grands vents venus d'outre-mer", written 1892, appears in Tel qu'en songe, in 4. Quelqu'un songe de soir et d'espoir, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Librairie de l'Art Indépendant, first published 1892
This text was added to the website: 2021-09-24
Line count: 11
Word count: 27